New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-28
THE MYSTERY OFTHE TRUNK
EDWARD uNGER HELD FOR THE CRIME.

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MATE. BLOcK-THE MURDER WAS FOR MONEY.
The mystery surrounding mutilated body found on
wednesday In trunk at Baltimore In the office OF tbe
Adams Express Company seems TO approach SOLUTION
The trunk Is large and covered and was strongly
bound with ropes. tag upon It showed 1t had been
sent from Adams Express Office at No. 90 Broahwsy'
! New-iork. Another tag read "New-York Transfer
Company Dodds Express Dec. 8, No. % Eidgest'
and directed to a. Wilson, Baltimore. To be
called for" The body Is that Of five feet and eight
inches in height He calico shirt which the
name {. kaufhold" written and in his pockets
were found four business cards OF Henry siege butcher
No 205 Throop ave. Brooklyn
superintendent Hocy, OF the Adams Express Com
| pany said TO a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday
That trunk delivered main Office on satnr'
day az m by the Williamsburg wagon OF Wsscotts ~
the pOeS have VSi ta Rsn amy IN hand
George 4. Switzerland, the agent for Westcotts TX
! press In Williamsburg. said
on Saturday m. into this office and
gave directions 10 have call for trunk at B.nsr'
Ba MG f !" S sssa busy
G not even Ipok a. me d ra nn lie Vent
out without my looking at MIN and he, away The slip Ti
out taking any particular NOTICE Of T. and gave G, o
the trunk saloon gave receipt without m
r Z @aS ] to ss m ana ab boat the
e GSf a 10 T n @n1Yy heayy 0r "
Bcscs barIOom is close 10 the Grand Street Ferry M
the foot OF Broadway Williamsburg. and resort IHr
the factory hands and lahorers Of the ncighborhood Inc
proprietor said yesterday:
standing 1ona rar SATURDAY morning when
q bag stout man put his head ~ me oo1t on" mil
an crpTe.s%n called for ii inside Of an hour said co1d
il in While The Gis man pue but did not face only
dcay m in Inc s@ %a 0 oG him i'm MS trunk
get rcc from the e1pressnan w5e ha would cali Tor
h e In the evening he re'nrnsd ana u s%s
With some nee Of my customers lilo To.as
shabby dressed lie spoke mixture OF good German and
mani ar S. aw enf S ssse e . NOT wo% Ss mn who
brought the Trunk here
Henry segel was next called upon. lie said;
l think that the murdered man Augustus Block:
Block was German butcher who here from England
sa % bring number Of Kegs OF 'kineasnTS:
ago os'an td~%Is u%ee Of 10 e. NJ
in my store until he sold lem. mad known Unger before
Ryn=;sa.@t allowed them To leave The castings with me
ii n. men o h 81 my % CARL ' .0s o ION
FRIDAY As niger end said that Block had gone TO
and forward the money.
The description given by sicgcl Of Block nlics closely
win that OF he hcadlcss body aud the description ~ u
still closely with given by the liqu"r
seller Of the who left the trunk in the liquor shop
even 10 such minor particulars fondness for lnoce
ana his speech being mixture Of German and Dutch
siegel continued:
Uncer visited This afternoon told him Of my
picon He seemei staggered for moment and sad he
would At once return tho police might him. and
No - Ridre-st IS a crowded tencment-housc and Tn
gers room IL on the top floor the ON Friday
night the hOusekeePer heard loud noise the stairs
semhNng the moving Of heavy body. Thinking some
one must be moving ont stove she opened her door and
called " Who's that f. she found that IL Ungcr
VINO was taking down heavy trunk. covered with IN
aud strongly tied with rope. She thought nothing Of
and closed the door again without asking any quc-t,
Detectives Titus Mclaughlin and Won Gcrlchtcn. who
hal been investigating the disco cred Yesterday
that trunk like the containing the corpse had been
transferred by Wcsicott's express from No 5iB West
fOrtic 81 To Edward myers. No - Edgest. and that
Tigers receipt FOR II In similar Handwriting Ia that
ot the address on the Baltimore trunk They arrested
tnRcr about +. m. az the entrance tO n Rdgcs liquor
store. I'm his room were found meat three iect
long, large slung shot. butcherknfe and hammer
all covered with blood The walls. nOOr. ceiling AMI
sleeping cot spattered with blood Clumsy attempts
had been made tO clean the blood from tAo nOOr AID
scrape II from the walls.
The officers also arrested fingers son, youth OF
teen. who works In a Cedarst printing office. Prom
The SOM evidence last night, II hNcs upon Cngcr beyond
the shadow Of doubt the murder OF his room mate.
Block, for tie purpose OF securing his money.
Blocks bank book alsO IN the showing
- 100 to his credit In the Franklin savings Bank st
Forty seconded and Eighth ave. The prisoner. when
questioned about the matter. SAID that tho affair
serious and he declined 10 talk on H. lie l. lar,e
s.:h dos ged expression ani seemed when arre.cd o
he partially drunk In his pocket found bottle Of
morphine lilo held night at Police Head.
quarters
No ~ PLANTATION Is given 70 why the shirt the
corpse Ii marked Z. kaufhold'